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Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Jim Rice, left, and Rickey Henderson pose for photos during a New York news conference.

Rickey Henderson is baseball's all-time leader in several categories, including stolen bases and runs scored.

Here, as a member of the Oakland Athletics, he holds up third base after breaking Lou Brock's career steals record with his 939th in a May 2, 1991 game against the New York Yankees. Henderson finished his career in 2003 with a total of 1406 stolen bases.

Henderson was traded back to Oakland in the middle of the 1989 season. He hit .294 and stole 52 bases in 85 games after the trade and helped the Athletics win an earthquake-delayed World Series over the San Francisco Giants.

Henderson won his second World Series ring in 1993 as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays, whom he joined in a trade-deadline deal. At the end of that season, however, he became a free agent and re-signed with the A's. Here, he plows into Texas Rangers catcher Ivan Rodriguez in a 1995 game.

Henderson gets a hug from future Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn after breaking Ty Cobb's all-time record for runs scored on a home run Oct. 4, 2001, against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Henderson finished his career with 2,295 runs -- 49 more than Cobb and 68 more than third-place Barry Bonds. Three days after setting the career runs record, Henderson collected his 3,000th career hit in the final game of the regular season.

As a member of the Boston Red Sox in 2002, Henderson connects for a home run against the Minnesota Twins. In addition to his blazing speed, Henderson could also hit for power -- as his 297 career home runs will attest.

His rare combination of power and speed made him arguably the greatest leadoff hitter in baseball history.

Without a contract for the 2003 season, Henderson played for the Newark Bears of the Independent League and after a stellar 56-game stint, he was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers for what turned out to be his final season in the majors.

Always a fan favorite, Henderson never officially announced his retirement and he returned to the Independent League the following season in hopes of making it back to the majors. In 2005, he signed with the San Diego Surf Dawgs of the short-lived Golden Baseball League.

Rickey Henderson, baseball's all-time base stealer and runs scorer, joined the Mets as their first base coach. Before New York's game against the Reds, Henderson talked with his new team. Whatever he said didn't completely work as Cincinnati won 8-4 to improve to 6-2 under interim manager Pete Mackanin.